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Archaeology as a Perspective on Sex and Gender in the Past
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Abstract: Letters and Science 180 - Spring 2007. Being a mother, a father, a son or daughter: these are universal human conditions, yet in every human society they are experienced differently. Grounded in universals of human sexual variation, this course takes experiences of people of different sexes at many points ... More »
Engineering Capacity in Community-Based Healthcare, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This multidisciplinary seminar addresses fundamental issues in global health faced by community-based healthcare programs in developing countries. Students will broadly explore topics with expert lecturers and guided readings. Topics will be further illuminated with case studies from healthcare programs ... More »
Feminist Political Thought, Spring 2006
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Abstract: This course is designed as a focused survey of feminist political thought and theory, exploring the various and often competing ways feminists have framed discussions about sex, gender, and oppression. Beginning with a consideration of key terms (sex, gender, oppression) and the meaning of social construction, ... More »
Gender, Sexuality, and Society, Spring 2006
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Abstract: This course includes an introduction to the anthropological study of human sexuality, gender constructs, and the sociocultural systems that these are embedded in. Examines current critiques of Western philosophical and psychological traditions, and cross-cultural variability and universals of gender ... More »
Historicizing Sex and Sexuality
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Abstract: Letters and Science 180 - Spring 2007. Being a mother, a father, a son or daughter: these are universal human conditions, yet in every human society they are experienced differently. Grounded in universals of human sexual variation, this course takes experiences of people of different sexes at many points ... More »
Integration: Sex and reproduction Fall 2007
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Abstract: Integration: Sex and reproduction. From Bio 1A: General Biology lecture - Fall 2007. A general introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organism genetics, animal development, form and function. Closed Captioned webcast available.
Integration: Sex and Reproduction from the course General Biology
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Abstract: Bio 1A: General Biology at UC Berkeley - Fall 2006. General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organism genetics, animal development, form and function. Streaming video of this course at webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.
International Women's Voices, Spring 2004
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Abstract: International Women's Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how ... More »
Joan Acocella, Avenali Lecture 2005 - Ballet and Sex
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Abstract: Joan Acocella Dance Critic, The New Yorker This event was held on February 22, 2005 in the Morrison Library, UC Berkeley. Joan Acocella received her B.A. cum laude in English from the University of California at Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Rutgers University in 1984; her ... More »
Kissing Booth, The
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Abstract: Documentary-style piece in which four celebrities (Quentin Crisp -author, Emily XYZ -poet, Joe Morton -actor, Spider -musician) talk about kissing, seduction, relationships, love, sex, and romance in the U.S., England, and South Africa. Speakers muse about the subjects and talk about their own personal ... More »
Moral Problems and the Good Life, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Subject examines classic texts from the history of Western moral philosophy, and their answers to the question of what is the best way to live. These texts include works by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and J. S. Mill. Among the questions that arise are: What is it to have a good life? How important ... More »
Philosophy of Love in the Western World, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Studies the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature. Readings from recent philosophy as well as classic myths of love and sex that occur in works of literature and lend themselves to philosophical analysis.
Sex and the Single Guppy
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Abstract: Play in our streams and see how exhibitionism has an evolutionary payoff in this Evolution simulation of Endler's experiment.
Sexual and Gender Identities, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This course introduces scholarly debates about sexual identities, gender identities and expressions, and sexual orientation and its representation in various media. We begin with an investigation of the theoretical underpinnings of the emerging field of queer studies, from the nineteenth century to the ... More »
The Advantage of Sex
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Abstract: Why did sex evolve? The likely answers, in this essay for the Evolution Web site by science journalist Matt Ridley, may surprise you.
The Birds and the Bees - Thinking about Sex and Gender
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Abstract: Letters and Science 180 - Spring 2007. Being a mother, a father, a son or daughter: these are universal human conditions, yet in every human society they are experienced differently. Grounded in universals of human sexual variation, this course takes experiences of people of different sexes at many points ... More »